FarmStreams collects, stores, organizes, analyzes and displays data from livestock farms. In our world a stream is a piece of data collected from a sensor, person or piece of software. The data is stored in the cloud using the latest Big Data structures. Grovestreams is a very powerful platform and analytics engine that we use to mashup the data in the cloud.
Examples of remote sensors:
- bin level sensors to estimate feed bin level
- feed line sensors to estimate feed flowing through a flex auger
- water meters to estimate water consumption
- air temperature sensor
- humidity sensor
- CO2 sensor
- weight scales to get bird or hog weights
- door open/shut to estimate how many hours a day laborers are at the site
Example of data that can be collected from people:
- FarmStreams mobile app collects data visible by people on the site, like:
- mortalities
- medications
- health conditions
- water (if sensors are not available)
- temperature (if sensors are not available)
- feed bin estimates (if sensors are not available)
- customizable inputs for each operation
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Lastly, we can create streams from software, such as:
- day, week, etc. of turn
- Animal inventory and subsequently feed/animal, water/animal, cost/animal
- Estimated budget intake based on feed curve
- Weight estimates, market prediction dates
- Feed inventory and feed ordering predictions
The data platform can analyze each and every one of these streams for alert conditions for immediate action. Totally customize-able to each producer's needs with time filters (only alert certain times of day). Different people in an organization can receive different alerts. Examples could include:
- feed outage, alerts site manager that the animals are not getting feed
- water / animal decreases or increases compared to previous 2, 3, 4, or 5 days.
- feed bin is empty
- temperature is too hot / cold
- many many more
View the streams in real time, summarized by second, minute, hour, day, week, month, or turn. Charts and graphs quickly show the data needed. Customize-able charts and graphs provides users maximum value with their data streams. Users with an intermediate or higher understanding of Excel of Sequel query can develop powerful real time tools in our platform.
Follow our blog! In the coming posts we will dive into different sensors and observations from the world of animal agriculture. We will have technical and industry experts contribute. The internet of things has impacted many industries. In the world of agriculture, crop agriculture more so than animal ag. the livestock side of ag has big opportunities for improved processes by combining cloud connected sensors, data from people and software.
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